  CHOU: at first a principality in South Shen Si and part of Kan Suh, subject to Shang dynasty; afterwards the imperial dynasty itself. TS'lN: principality west of the above. When the Chou dynasty moved its capital east into Ho Nan, Ts'in took possession of the old Chou principality. TSIN: principality (same family as Chou) in South Shan Si (and in part of Shen Si at times). TS'I: principality, separated by the Yellow River from Tsin and TS'U: semi-barbarous principality alone preponderant on the Yang- tsz River. WU: still more barbarous principality (ruling caste of the same family as Chou, but senior to Chou) on the Yang-tsz embouchure and Shanghai coasts. YÜEH: equally barbarous principality commanding another embouchure in the Hangchow-Ningpo region. Wu and YÜeh were at first subordinate to Ts'u. YEN: principality (same family as Chou) in the Peking plain, north of the Yellow River mouth, SHUH and PA: in no way Chinese or federal; equivalent to Central and Eastern Sz Ch'wan province. CHÊNG: principality in Ho Nan (same family as Chou). SUNG: principality taking in the four corners of Ho Nan, Shan CH'ÊN: principality in Ho Nan, south of Sung (family of the WEI: principality taking in corners of Ho Nan, Chih Li, and Shan TS'AO: principality in South-west Shan Tung; neighbour of Lu, Wei, and Sung (same family as Chou). TS'AI: principality in Ho Nan, south of CH'ÊN (same family as LU: principality in South-west Shan Tung, between Ts'ao and Ts'i (its founder was the brother of the Chou founder). HÜ: very small principality in Ho Nan, south of Cheng (same obscure eastern ancestry as Ts'i), K'I: Shan Tung promontory and German sphere (of Hia dynasty descent); it is often confused with, or is quite the same as, another principality called Ki (without the aspirate). The above are practically all the states whose participation in |
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